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For the last pod, I was pretty defeatist.

I would say, what's the fucking point? All your best players are going.

You can't compete.

It's rigged.

Now, because I've been to the friendly against Bayer Leverkusen, I saw some of the new signings and got a little excited about them.

Because we've signed Dedic at right back, because we've...

We're making moves in the transfer window, it sounds like.

It certainly sounds like the window's not over for us.

I'm trying to get excited about the things that clubs like us are allowed to get excited about.

Does that make sense?

Absolutely.

I think that's what it's all about.

It's about recalibrating the way you perceive the club.

Absolutely.

99% of football clubs are not competing for the title.

So the fans of those clubs have to find other things to get excited about.

There was a time over the last few years where it felt like we were on potentially the brink of being one of those clubs who got excited about competing for the title.

Now we're having to recalibrate and get excited about the things that fans of all other football clubs get excited about.

That's the way it is.

Yeah, because I think...

As Paul kind of hinted at, this is a season of great change.

There's 11 managers who have managed their club for fewer than 30 games.

There's a bunch of teams who've never been in Europe for the past 50 years.

You might as well say they've not been in the modern European competition ever.

There's like a couple of teams there.